Alean Thomas, Demarcus Thomas’ mother, said her son used to live with her at her Washington Avenue home but moved about three weeks ago to live with a friend. She was calm Tuesday afternoon as she spoke about her son.

“I wasn’t OK earlier,” she said.

Thomas said her son visited her at 8 p.m. Monday.

She said she heard three gunshots at 10:30 p.m., shortly after her son walked out the door to visit his 10-month-old son, Demarcus Thomas Jr., and the infant’s mother.

Thomas said she did not walk outside after hearing the gunshots because she was scared about her own safety.

She said she did not find out about her son’s death until hours later.

“The police just said, ‘You have a young man dead in your driveway,’ ” she said.

Thomas said her son was an easygoing person who enjoyed working. She said he had been working at a tire shop on Greenwell Springs Road for the past 10 years.

“He wasn’t a wild person, and the neighbors loved him,” she said.

Alean Thomas, who has lived on Washington Avenue for 15 years, said her neighborhood has historically been quiet until new neighbors moved in recently.